Gigantor

Gigantor

Gigantor(1963)

🙂 61%

Dr.Haneda was developing experimental giant robot warriors to fight the allies during the Second World War, but before his creations could see action, Allied bombs destroyed the facility and killed him. A decade later criminals discovered two of the surviving prototypes, #26 and 27 in the series, and used the remote controlled robots to commit a number of crimes. Young Shotaro Haneda, the twelve year old son of Dr.Haneda, did some investigating and discovered that the mob were hunting for the twenty-eighth robot in the series, rumoured to be the most powerful of them all. Racing the villains, Shotaro discovers the robot first, along with Dr.Shikashima, a colleague of his father's who was also believed killed by the Allied bombing. Together the two prevent Tetusjin-28 (the robot's official designation) from falling into the hands of the bad guys, and decide to dedicate him to peace rather than war.

Shotaro fought crime for a long time, supported by Dr.Shikashima, who would repair Tetsujin-28 when he was damaged, and by police officer Otsuka. Shotaro even battled the alien Magmans, invaders from the planet Magma, who came to Earth late in his career, bringing their own giant robots, Magma X and Gold Wolf, with them.

Anime details

Format

TV

Episodes

83

Episode Duration

25 minutes

Status

finished

Start Date

Oct 20, 1963

End Date

May 27, 1965

Season

fall 1963

Average Score

58%

Mean Score

61%

Popularity

1297

Favorites

17

Studios

Producers

Eiken, Dentsu, TCJ, Ezaki Glico

Source

MANGA

Genres

Adventure, Mecha, Sci-Fi

Romaji

Tetsujin 28-gou

English

Gigantor

Native

鉄人28号

Synonyms

Iron Man 28, Tetsujin 28

Characters

Kenji Murasame

SUPPORTING

Narrator

BACKGROUND

Yuzuru Fujimoto

JAPANESE

Shoutarou Kaneda

MAIN

Kazue Takahashi

JAPANESE

Ootsuka Shochou

SUPPORTING

Kousei Tomita

JAPANESE

Shikishima Hakase

SUPPORTING

Minoru Yada

JAPANESE

Shutain Franken

SUPPORTING

Black Dog Hakase

SUPPORTING

Yoshihisa Kamo

JAPANESE

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